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About

Natalie was born in the U.S.A (Boulder Colorado), but went to school in the U.S., New Zealand, the U.K. and Australia. After completing high school (in Canberra), she went ´walkabout´ - spending several years on a Prawn Trawler, travelling with a circus, and helping run a small silvicultural contracting business. She then started University at ANU – to find that she thoroughly enjoyed economics, academia and research.

Nowadays, Natalie is perhaps best described as an economist with a keen interest in the environmental and social/distributional issues associated with economic growth - with extensive experience in a variety of non-market valuation techniques. What distinguishes her from many other economists, is her track record of collaborative cross-disciplinary research using models that combine economic, environmental and social variables to explore interactions between socio-economic and ecological systems. She has published widely in both national and international forums and has supervised many (mostly multidisciplinary) research students for their honours, masters and PhDs.

Interests

Research

Environmental economics Non-market valuation techniques Natural resource economics Natural resource management Regional economics Indigenous economies Tourism economics

Experience

2019 to present - Adjunct Professor, James Cook University (Townsville)
2017 to 2019 - Professorial Research Fellow, James Cook University (Townsville)
2011 to 2017 - Professor of Economics and Tropical Leader, James Cook University (Townsville)
2008 to 2011 - Associate Professor of Economics, James Cook University (Townsville)
2003 to 2008 - Senior Lecturer in Economics, James Cook University (Townsville)
2000 to 2003 - Data Analyst and Researcher, CSIRO - Sustainabile Ecosystems (Townsville)
1992 to 2000 - Economics Lecturer, University of Canberra
1990 to 1992 - Economics Tutor, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

Publications

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

Jarvis D, Stoeckl N, Larson S, Grainger D, Addison J and Larson A (2021) The learning generated through Indigenous natural resources management programs increases quality of life for Indigenous people – improving numerous contributors to wellbeing. Ecological Economics, 180, Article: 106899, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106899.
Addison J, Stoeckl N, Larson S, Jarvis D, Bidan Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC , Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC , Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC , Gooniyandi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC , Yanunijarra Ngurrara Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC and Esparon M (2019) The ability of community based natural resource management to contribute to development as freedom and the role of access. World Development, 120, pp. 91-104, DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.04.004.
Fernandez C, Stoeckl N and Welters R (2019) The cost of doing nothing in the face of climate change: a case study, using the life satisfaction approach to value the tangible and intangible costs of flooding in the Philippines. Climate and Development Journal, 11 (9), pp. 825-838, DOI:10.1080/17565529.2019.1579697.
Grainger D and Stoeckl N (2019) The importance of social learning for non-market valuation. Ecological Economics, 164, Article: 106339, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.019.
Larson S, Stoeckl N, Jarvis D, Addison J, Prior S and Esparon M (2019) Using measures of wellbeing for impact evaluation: proof of concept developed with an Indigenous community undertaking land management programs in northern Australia. Ambio, 48 (1), pp. 89-98, DOI:10.1007/s13280-018-1058-3.
Li Q, Stoeckl N and King D (2019) Using the life-satisfaction approach to quantify the complex inter-related impacts of coal mining on host communities: a case study in Shanxi, China. Resources Policy, 62, pp. 305-316, DOI:10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.03.021.
Delisle A, Kiatkoski Kim M, Stoeckl N, Watkin Lui F and Marsh H (2018) The socio-cultural benefits and costs of the traditional hunting of dugongs Dugong dugon and green turtles Chelonia mydas in Torres Strait, Australia. Oryx, 52 (2), pp. 250-261, DOI:10.1017/S0030605317001466.
Esparon M, Farr M, Larson S and Stoeckl N (2018) Social values and growth and their implications for ecosystem services in the long-run. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 24 (3), pp. 327-346.
Farr M and Stoeckl N (2018) Overoptimism and the undervaluation of ecosystem services: a case-study of recreational fishing in Townsville, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef. Ecosystem Services, 31 (Part C), pp. 433-444, DOI:10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.02.010.
Jarvis D, Stoeckl N, Addison J, Larson S, Hill R, Pert P and Watkin Lui F (2018) Are Indigenous land and sea management programs a pathway to Indigenous economic independence? The Rangeland Journal, 40 (4), pp. 415-429, DOI:10.1071/RJ18051.
Jarvis D, Stoeckl N, Hill R and Pert P (2018) Indigenous land and sea management programs: can they promote regional development and help "close the (income) gap"? Australian Journal of Social Issues, 53 (3), pp. 283-303, DOI:10.1002/ajs4.44.
Li Q, Stoeckl N, King D and Gyuris E (2018) Using both objective and subjective indicators to investigate the impacts of coal mining on wellbeing of host communities: a case-study in Shanxi Province, China. Social Indicators Research, 137 (3), pp. 895-921, DOI:10.1007/s11205-017-1624-2.

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 117+ research outputs authored by Prof Natalie Stoeckl from 1995 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Australian Research Council - Discovery Indigenous

Knowledge Integration for Torres Strait Sustainability

Indicative Funding: $387,811 over 3 years
Summary: This project aims to support sustainable development in the Torres Strait through the development of practical, locally-relevant strategies for collating, generating and integrating knowledge relevant to the management of intersecting social, economic and environmental challenges. The project seeks to generate new knowledge about how Torres Strait Islander people construct the idea of sustainable development by integrating participatory and quantitative methodologies to support research evaluation and decision-making in a way that supports community aspirations. The expected outcomes include enhanced capacity of Torres Strait Islander people to effectively seek the knowledge that is most useful in their decision-making for sustainability.
Investigators: Felecia Watkin, Stewart Lockie and Natalie Stoeckl in collaboration with Sanchia Shibasaki and Cass Hunter (Indigenous Education & Research Centre, Lowitja Institute-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Cairns Institute and Division of Tropical Environments & Societies)
Keywords: Torres Strait; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; knowledge integration; knowledge translation

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) - Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub

Synthesis Project - Kakadu Cultural Connections

Indicative Funding: $105,000 over 2 years
Summary: The national land account project, within the Department of Environment and Energy is developing an Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (EEA) system, strongly guided by the UN System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA). This project will explore options and make recommendations for acknowledging and possibly including Indigenous cultural connections within that ecosystem accounting framework. It may be possible to generate some monetary estimates of value, but the explorations may instead conclude that Indigenous cultural connections should be considered alongside, rather than as a subset, of other ecosystem services (much as the government compiles tourism satellite accounts that are published alongside the national accounts).
Investigators: Diane Jarvis, Natalie Stoeckl, Daniel Grainger and Michael Douglas (College of Business, Law & Governance, Division of Tropical Environments & Societies, Indigenous Education & Research Centre and The University of Western Australia)
Keywords: Indigenous cultural connections-country; system of environmental economic a/c; ecosystem services accounting; non-mnarket valuations; Cultural Ecosystem Services; indigenous cultural values

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research - Research Grant

Improving seaweed production and processing opportunities in Indonesia

Indicative Funding: $1,600,000 over 4 years
Summary: Seaweed culture in Indonesia is one of the few available income-generating opportunities for coastal communities and supports an estimated 120,000 small holder seaweed farmers. There are however problems with seaweed quality, processing procedures and utilisation of waste streams from processing and a strong desire to commercialise new species with the ability to value-add and that new products be developed thus diversifying the markets into which seaweed can be sold.
Investigators: Nicholas Paul, Michael Rimmer and Natalie Stoeckl (University of the Sunshine Coast, College of Science & Engineering, College of Business and Law & Governance)
Keywords: Seaweed; socio-economic; aquaculture; carrageenan; Coastal Communities; agar

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) - Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub

Multiple benefits and knowledge systems of Indigenous Land Management Programs (ILMPs) - Economic perspective

Indicative Funding: $490,800 over 4 years (administered by CDU)
Summary: In addition to creating environmental benefits Indigenous land management programs (ILMPs) generate significant social and economic benefits (henceforth co-benefits). But few of those co-benefits have been quantified or compared across ILMPs. Consequently, under or over investments in some ILMPs could arise. When making investment decisions, governments and others require multiple lines of evidence to help them determine if their investments represent `value for money?. This project will thus provide quantified, comparable data about the co-benefits of various ILMPs ? information that will help ensure more and/or better targeted investments in ILMPs.
Investigators: Natalie Stoeckl, Michelle Esparon, Daniel Grainger, Silva Larson and Marina Farr (College of Business and Law & Governance)
Keywords: Indigenous land management; Knowledge Transfer; Indigenous enterprises; Indigenous impact investments; Indigenous protected areas; Economic Impact

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Program (NESP) - Tropical Water Quality Hub (TWQ Hub)

Harnessing the science of social marketing and behaviour change for improved water quality in the GBR: an action research project

Indicative Funding: $480,000 over 3 years
Summary: Working in partnership with staff from the Australian Government's DOtE, DSITI and DEHP, this project will use data collected from land managers and elsewhere to critically evaluate the way water quality improvement programmes are 'marketed'. It will use insights from those evaluations to inform the reconfiguration of marketing and engagement strategies associated with programmes scheduled for roll-out during 2017, demonstrating methods for monitoring and assessing the extent to which these different programmes and changed strategies improve adoption and alter behaviours.
Investigators: Lynne Eagle, Natalie Stoeckl and Marina Farr in collaboration with Michelle Esparon, Meryl Churchill and Rachel Hay (College of Business and Law & Governance)
Keywords: Water Quality; Great Barrier Reef; land managers; Behaviour Change; Social Marketing; assessing impact

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

People Building Stronger Regions: an Empirical Investigation into the Determinants of Migration (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

Marine conservation finance: strategies and finance mechanisms to improve the amount and efficacy of investment into marine conservation (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Domains and indicators of life satisfaction: case studies in Costa Rica and Northern Australia (2016, Masters , Primary Advisor)
Coal mining and human wellbeing: a case-study in Shanxi, China (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
The contribution of economic, social and environmental factors to life and tourist satisfaction (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
From Rural to Digital: Mobile Money in the Development Context—A Case Study in Rural Kasese, Uganda (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Methods for determining how much to spend on flood prevention: an empirical case study in the Philippines (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Collaboration

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